Shirt-case.



No. 663,927. Patentd 060. I8, I900.

L. w. PEDDICUHD.

SHIRT CASE.

(Application filed Aug. 27. 1900.)

(No Model.)

ilNrrEr) STATES J rrrcn.

LOUIS W. PEDDICORD, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

SHIRT- -CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,927, dated December18, 1900.

A plicati fil d August 27, 1900. Serial No. 28,165. (No model.)

To (LZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis W. PEDDIOORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt Cases; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of shirt-cases whichare designed to hold shirts while same are either being shipped ordisplayed; and the objects of my improvements are,first,to provide ashirt-case in which shirts are secured from rubbing, chafing, or otherinjury arising from motion in handling or shipping; second, to soconstruct a shirt-case that the retaining device may be adjusted withthe utmost ease and rapidity and to so arrange and proportion the partsof said case that any shirt or shirt-s may be easily and quickly placedtherein or extracted therefrom without disturbing any other shirt orshirts than the one or ones desired; third, to provide a ready means ofsubstantially securing the two hinged trays of a shirt-case either inalinement or at an angle to each other while shirts are being displayedtherein; fourth, to provide a means by which shirts folded to varyinglengths may be retained in place against one of the sides of ashirt-tray, thus maintaining an orderly and sightly arrangement of saidshirts and also preventing longitudinal shifting of same; fifth, toconstruct convenient arrangements for securing together and retaining inregister with each other the free edges of two shirt-trays and toprovide means whereby the thus-formed shirt-case may easily be placedwithin or removed from the ordinary trunk in which shirt-cases areusually carried, and, sixth, to so construct and arrange the parts of ashirt-case that a maximum of strength and minimum of weight will beattained and that said case shall be extremely cheap in cost ofmanufacture. I attain these objects .the shirt-case.

by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as it appears when inuse; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the case, the two hinged trays ofwhich said case is composed being in alinement Fig. 3, a transversesection showing certain partsin position when the case is closed.

Two suitably-partitioned trays 1 and 2,properlyhinged together at 3,form the body of In tray 2 is cord 4, securely attached at 5 to endpiece 6, and passing to the left through notches or perforations 7 inpartitions 8 it passes outward through perforation 9 in end piece 10,then downward along the outside of end piece 10, then to the right andinward through perforation 11, then through notches or perforations 12in partitions 7, then through perforation 13 in end piece 6, and thencord l is properly secured to any suitably-arranged fastener 14 on endpiece 6, thus forming one continuous cord 4 from its beginning at 5 tothe fastener 14. (Cord t by the above-described arrangement, having butone free end to be tensioned and secured, as described, provides aneasily and rapidly operated device by which shirts 15 are held in placein tray 2 and prevented from shifting laterally in said tray, and in theop eration of the one continuous cord 4: the loss of time and laborinvolved in tensioning and fastening a greater number of cords or tapesis saved.

In tray 2 are secured the pieces 16, provided with recesses 17, arrangedfor the reception of the ends of movable partitions 18, the cen ters ofwhich are adapted to enter recesses 19 in partitions 8, as seen inFig. 1. Said movable partitions 18 being placed against the outer endsof shirts 15 and secured inplace in recesses 17 and 19, prevent shirts15 from longitudinal shifting and consequent wear and injury, and alsokeep shirts 15 in alinement along the inner or hinged edge of tray 2,thus forming a sightly neat arrangement. The partitioned compartments intrays 2 are made as shallow of depth as practice will permit, thusallowing shirts 15 to be slightly bent IOO Tray 1 is an exact duplicateof tray 2 as regards cord 4, movable partitions 18, and their means ofattachment, and'in order to avoid confusion I have omitteda descriptionof same.

Shirt-cases 1 and 2 are held in alinement, as Seen in Fig. 2, by thepreferably-stamped metal piece 20, pivotally attached to case 1 by stud21, passing through slot 22 and arranged to slidelongitudinally on stud21 until slots 23, 24, and 25 engage studs 26, 27, and 28, respectively,when it will be seen that'the studs 21 and 26, secured to tray 1, andstuds 27 and 28, secured to tray 2, will receive the strain caused byweights of trays and contents and that no part of said strain will bearupon,weaken, loosen, or otherwise affect hinge 3, and that this aliningarrangement. of cases 1 and 2 will be substantial and not liable toremoval by strain or accidental concussion or jar. By rotating piece20on pivot 21 and manually causing. hook-slot 29 to engage stud 28, thetray 2 is held securely at an angle with tray 1, as seen in Fig. 1, andforms a substantial brace capable of resisting force from either frontor back of tray 2, thereby avoiding the annoyance arising from gusts ofair, which frequently close ordinary shirttrays provided with pliablecord or tape braces. Upon rotating piece 20 on stud 21 to the positionseen in Fig. 3, trays 1 and 2, by

reason of hinge 3, may be closed together, as

seen in Fig. 3, and secured in this position by hook 30 and stud 81,(seen in Fig. 1,) being engaged in the usual manner, (not shown,)

' also act as a corner protection for the material of which saidtrays 1and 2 are made. Handles 32 form a convenient means for handling theclosed shirt-case.

While I have shown trays 1 and 2 each with four compartments, it isevident that I wish to reserve the right to similarly construct andarrange the trays 1 and 2, each with but one or as many morecompartments as I desire and to use any suitable equivalent to cord 4tsuch as tape, &c.or any fastenings equivalent to hook 30 and stud 31.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and original,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shirt case, an open tray provided with partitions, a fastener onone end thereof, and a cord doubled upon itself, the doubled portionsbeing passed across the partitions at a distance from each other anddisconnected therefrom and movable therethrough, one-end of the cordbeing secured to the end of the tray at a distance from the fastener andthe other end detachably connected with the fastener, the centralportion being passed loosely through the opposite end of the tray so asto be longitudinally movable thereof, whereby the tension of bothdoubled portions of the cord may be adjusted and maintained by means ofbut a single fastener and the one end of the cord connected therewith.

2. In a shirt -case, an open tray provided with transversely-arrangedperforated partitions and having one of its ends perforated in alinementwith the perforations of the partitions, of a fastener secured to theother end of the tray in alinement with a portion of the perforations inthe partitions, and a cord secured at one end to the lastmentioned endof the tray in alinement with the other perforations of the partitions,the intermediate portion of said cord being doubled upon itself andpassedthrough the perforations of the partitions and also through theperforations in the end and extending from one to the other ofsaidlast-rnentioned perforations, the said cord being disconnected fromthe partitions throughout its entire length and the free end of the cordbeing detachably connected with the fastener,whereby the doubledportions of the cord can be adjusted and secured by means of a singlefastener and one end of the cord.

- 3. In a shirt-case the combination with two trays hinged together, ofthe piece 20 pivotal on stud 21 and provided with suitable slots forengagement of studs, the whole arranged to hold two hinged trays inalinement substantially as shown and described.

4. In a shirt-case the combination with two trays hinged together, ofthe slotted piece 20 pivotally attached to tray 1 and having its freeend provided with a hook-slot 29 adapted to engage stud 28, asand forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS W. PEDDIOORD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W.-HINT0N, J OHN F. ARNOLD.

